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What is the difference between squeezebox and accordion?

squeezebox | accordion |

Accordion is a synonym of squeezebox.



As nouns the difference between squeezebox and accordion

is that squeezebox is accordion while accordion is a small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.

As a verb accordion is

to fold up, in the manner of an accordion.

squeezebox

English

Alternative forms

* squeeze box

Noun

(es)
  • (informal) accordion

    • See also

    * ("squeezebox" on Wikipedia)

    accordion

    English

    (wikipedia accordion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
  • * 1869 , , Innocents Abroad :
    • A disreputable accordion that had a leak somewhere and breathed louder than it squawked.
  • * , Devil’s Dictionary :
    • Accordion : an instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
  • * 1922 , , Ulysses :
    • An accordion underskirt of blue silk moirette.

    Synonyms

    * squeezebox

    Derived terms

    * accordionist * accordion player * button accordion * piano accordion * accordion file

    See also

    * bandoneon * concertina

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
  • * {{quote-news, year=2000, date=December 29, author=Charles Dickinson, title=Qi, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Still in reverse, she goosed the gas and accordioned the running board a fraction of an inch more. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2005, author=, title=Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It accordioned down and he tugged the shirt around it so that it came free